CRYPTIC QUICK GIANT CROSSWORD
Choose between cryptic and quick clues to tackle the Giant crossword – both lead to the same answers.
ACROSS
12 Dog (4,7)
13 Equitably (6)
14 Extend (6)
16 Turn (4)
17 Party (9)
18 Unit of weight (5)
19 Advisable (4)
20 Number (9)
22 Defraud (5)
23 Will (9)
27 Difficulties (7)
30 Waited (4,2)
31 Peep (4)
32 Illustration (5)
35 Drop (4)
36 Enterprising (2-5)
38 Platform (4)
39 Peculiar (7)
42 Stalls (6)
45 Lived (5)
46 Cheeky girl (7)
47 Test (4)
48 Singer (4)
50 Cupboard (7)
52 Mad (5)
54 Importance (6)
56 Tops up (7)
57 Whip (4)
59 Ran off (7)
61 Only (4)
64 Nut (5)
66 Reduced (4)
67 Engrossed (6)
69 Loving (7)
72 Cry (4,1,4)
73 Pain (5)
74 Delighted (9)
79 Support (4)
81 Warrants (5)
82 Forgives (9)
83 Convinced (4)
85 Opened (6)
86 Rules (6)
87 Even (4,3,4)
DOWN
1 Interrogate (4)
2 Look (6)
3 Esoteric (6)
4 Biscuit (7)
5 Retains (5)
6 Claimed (10)
7 Skirmish (5)
8 Surprise (3-6)
9 Agrees (7)
10 Pull (4)
11 Cradle (8)
15 Meted (6)
21 More (5)
24 Drink (4,3)
25 Admire (6)
26 Well (6)
28 Exhausted (3,2)
29 Label (3)
33 Coped with (7)
34 Brook (6)
37 Dissuade (5)
40 Particle (5)
41 Coming down (7)
43 Copy (5)
44 Rider’s seat (6)
46 Drilled (5)
49 Pay (7)
51 Mute (6)
53 Intelligent (6)
55 Rank (5)
58 Calling on (5,5)
60 Accomplished (3)
62 Because (5)
63 To begin with (3,1,5)
65 Follower (8)
68 Offer (6)
70 Moved (7)
71 Unfastens (7)
75 Watering (6)
76 Prying (6)
77 Up (5)
78 Fast (5)
80 Scheme (4)
84 Wrench (4)
ACROSS
12 A dog called Taurus? (4,7)
13 Not very equitably (6)
14 Stretch to a really good meal (6)
16 Turn, gasping, when the gag’s removed (4)
17 How one’s welcomed to the party? (9)
18 Attack to get the gem (5)
19 When we are about, is sensible (4)
20 A number having seen what happened in (9)
22 Do get the child to have some food (5)
23 Will try, having meant to break in (9)
27 In turn, begins to get one into difficulties (7)
30 The funny old bird outside waited (4,2)
31 Look – don’t lose the return (4)
32 Illustration in the china catalogue (5)
35 Decline to let yourself be smitten by (4)
36 Continue to be enterprising (2-5)
38 Stand back, unhappy, to let one through (4) 39 Not known to be peculiar (7)
42 And in the streets there are stalls (6)
45 Elaborated on how one had settled in (5)
46 Cheeky girl you take with you travelling (7)
47 Former master coming back for a test (4)
48 Singer there’s something fishy about? (4)
50 What prevents one from being naked in the kitchen? (7)
52 Mad to cage a wild bird (5)
54 For the time being, of importance (6)
56 Again loads up about fifty odd rifles (7)
57 Whip in a return game (4)
59 For day was wet, but the water didn’t settle (7)
61 Only fair (4)
64 She’s a nut! (5)
66 On paper, it’s reduced (4)
67 Very interested in the weird tin – and about time (6)
69 Loving the fuss, grin foolishly at (7)
72 Cry “Cut!” when the girlfriend comes in (4,1,4) 73 Any shot will be in pain (5)
74 Need to dance and sing, through being delighted (9)
79 Support for the party head (4)
81 Scolds – and one deserves it (5)
82 Doesn’t notice it affords a view of, from above (9)
83 Convinced? Of course (4)
85 Opened to find a nude cavorting on the inside (6)
86 Rules the singer broke (6)
87 Even canoodle on and on (4,3,4)
DOWN
1 Interrogate and you put your foot in it! (4)
2 Look at and note the name (6)
3 An esoteric group, about to be admitted to (6)
4 Someone making a joke – and a good one (7)
5 Retains sections of medieval castles (5)
6 Claimed the frenzied man I struggle to detain is mad (10)
7 A skirmish in the thicket (5)
8 Look at the kitchen gadget. It will surprise you (3-6)
9 Agrees and the nincompoop gets sent packing (7)
10 An upward tug (4)
11 A dog accommodated in a cradle (8)
15 Did, when she came in and meted out (6)
21 It gives the latest news and more (5)
24 Drink and lime squash the lad ordered on entering (4,3)
25 Ever and again embracing, think the world of (6)
26 Kind of fever you get from water? (6)
28 Everybody at home and exhausted (3,2)
29 Label and put back the gun (3)
33 Felt one had coped with (7)
34 Cook right through in water (6)
37 Stop many a tree being felled (5)
40 A smile carrying very little weight (5)
41 Coming to rest at the top of the stairs (7)
43 Find the teeniest little bit of (5)
44 The seat is small? Rot! (6)
46 Fed up with, when one got through (5)
49 Distribute tips last, with the pay (7)
51 Quiet, sit holding the boy (6)
53 A bighead and wet, but smart (6)
55 Rank as an ex prime minister (5)
58 Being enough for everybody when one’s calling on (5,5)
60 Cheated in the return, too (3)
62 Because it’s small and awfully nice (5)
63 So far, cooked a tart to begin with (3,1,5)
65 With a shake of the head, tear after a follower (8)
68 A loving person to look after (6)
70 So excited one couldn’t keep still? (7)
71 Opens up and lets the fish go free? (7)
75 Taking a drink to in bed (6)
76 Going slowly ahead with one’s prying (6) 77 Up in the air, blockading the street (5)
78 Covering large distances fast (5)
80 Plan to put a number into the container (4)
84 The man with the wrench (4)